Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-02
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luckr'
Luck. luck. luckp' and he unused to
himself: Eyes, I've seen men marry for
tunes in money and fortunes in women.
many and many time well, should
say so. There was little fellow over in
Chicago, not very good looking, but
brassy and lucky He had just turne1 In
from the army and made himself quite at
home as dancer; married barrel of
money: lost one wife and married larger
barrel. l don't think he ever had any
genius, but he had luck. He grew and
prospered in the city, drank, gambled,
dealt in stocks, did what fast men do gen.
orally, but kept his head clear up out OF
water and passed for fine, liberal fell
low. Liberala Lucky-a pauper-pension-
err to a rich mans girl! No mora, no less:
one who, placed on his merits to earn a
living day and night, as we do, would rot
in failure; one who, practicing such vices
without redeeming himself with riches,
would trail in the gutter with the lowest
and yilest instead of disgracing a con-
stituency. Dryden was right:
est is success that colors all in life;
Success makes villains honest, fools ad-
mired-
All the proud virtues fawn upon success and
power,
Howe'er acquired"
| Just as we were about to retire I re-
marked:
sit seems strange that you have never
married, Mr.. c.; one so full of sentiment
and fine feelingl You should enjoy hap
| pinessP'
ssThat is all a matter of luckl I shall
never, never, never marry. I had my ex-
| periences with other boys at school.
Bitter, bitter ones, too They changed
| the current of my life considerably.
think sometimes that I've been running
| express trains over side-tracks and never
| vet reached the main line. Twas switched
| off, as it were, early and going at run
down. 1 have never told any one of this
| part, but when was sixteen, at college, l
met a young lady so different from the
| rest of mankind that i don't notlce girls
| and women as used to-
| 81 had made up my mind that nothing
| should turn me from my course OF study.
| determined to be civil engineer. One
day In vacation, as mum Der or our class
were out surveying, we saw woman
and her daughter trimming vines that
grew up over beautiful porch, formin g
one of the most picturesque places ever
knew. 1t was an ideal cottage, an ele-
giant little home. 1 thought they were
foreigners, by their native politeness in
supplying US water as requested.
1.-THE bright young grill may call her
little lady, for she was every inch a
little lady, little too fair to be healthy,
with dark brown hair and wine brown
eyes, trim, slender form and
affable manner-was then fifteen, and
Just shy enough to be interesting. One
short look into her deep, dark, eloquent
eyes was enough. They tell about love al
first sight. 1t was more-it was worship
l worshipped herl can't describe it
have carried that vision clearer than this
likeness (here he carefully drew from ar
inside vest pocket most beautiful pict
ure Of an ideal girl, and continueO
is a relic that is seldom shown tt
strangers, but somehow you have the bes'
of me tonight. My life Is coming up be
fore me in kind of review. 1 am living
it all over again. My visits to the vine
covered cottage were quite frequent aftel
that. and finer family never met. TIT
,, girl was genius in music, thing tina
always charmed me and always will. He
practice had worn on her delicate nature
and that was the secret of her palen ess
, had not known life till I knew her, ant
, it is wrong to give even her name IN TIL:
:, connection. Her nature and characte
are what started to describe. Cent?
and obliging, hopeful and ambitious to i'm
, prove, she read and practaced almost cor
stantly-made herself student and
slave to her lessons. Gradually the strait
told on her nervous system, and just a
she grew in fame as singer, she failed
in vigor and slowly bent under the bul
den and became an invalid. II had &C
mired her in health and popularity, re
allied it fully when she let go her hold 8
regretfully, on the joyous future she ha
j. pictured Her sickness, creeping on Xix
y a slow fire, half burning, then Pickering
a then lighting up in series of hopes an
. disappointments, touched my nature t
. :. the quick. 1 was the first to see that sh
~ was doomed. dare not tell her, and ofte
in our little visits have held her hand il
a sacred touch that seemed but cord bt
: tween me and eternity. She began by d.
a grees to know that consumption had II
Z seeds we'll planted in her system an
would claim her early as bride.